Brush-handle scraper attachment



(No Model.)

A. W. PERMENT-O. .BRUSH HANDLE SGRAPEB ATTACHMENT.

No. 598,349. Patented Feb; 1, 1898.

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' BRUSH-HANDLE SCRAPEFR ATTACHMENT.

A SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 598,34 =9, datedFebruary 1, 1898.

Application filed July 28, 1897. Serial No. 646,227. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY W. PER- MENTO, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the city and county of San Francisco, State ofCalifornia,have invented an Improvement in Brush-Handle ScraperAttachments; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the same.

My invention relates to improvements in scraping attachments for brushesand similar articles. I

It consists of the parts and the constructions and combinations of partshereinafter described and claimed.

7 The accompanying drawings illustrate the construction and operation ofmy devices.

Figure 1 shows the scraper-blade pivoted to the handle in connectionwith a spring to return it. Figs. 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7show the bladeoperated by two pins in slots f. Fig. at is a cross-section on line y yof Fig. 3."

The object of my invention is to provide attachments for blacking,paint, and other brush handles which may be used as scrapers whendesired and when not in use can be concealed within the handle and outof the way.

It will be manifest that various forms of these scrapers may be employedand various means for moving them'so as to be projected or concealed.

In Fig. 1 I have shown the blade A pivoted in a slot or channel made inthe handle B. The blade, which may be of any suitable material, has thepivot-pin at the inner end and is of such shape as to normally conformwith the shape of the handle not projecting therefrom. By means of aprojecting lug or plate D the blade can be pressed so as to project fromone side, and the blade can then be used for scraping purposes. Whenreleased,

the blade is returned into the handle by means of a spring E.

Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 show the blade A having slots made in it, andpins passing through the handle and through the slots in the bladenormally retain the blade in place. The blade, sliding in the channel,as before described, may be retracted, the slots sliding upon the pinsC, so that the blade lies flush within the handle. When it is to beprotruded, it is caused to slide upon the pins and is locked in place bythe angular turns in the openings in such a manner that the blade willnot be forced back when in operation.

In order to retract it, it is only necessary to push it until thestraight portion of the slot is in line with the direction in which itis desired to move the blade. The latter may then be pushed back intoplace, being either retained by the friction of the parts or locked bythe formation of the slots which are slidable upon the fixed pin orpins.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desiretosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A handle having a slot or channel in the end, and a blade slidablelongitudinally and also substantially transversely therein whereby theedge of the blade may be protruded beyond the plane of the end and sideof the handle, and retracted and concealed within said handle.

2. A handle with a slot or channel made in the end, a blade slidable inthe channel and conforming substantially in outline to the shape of thehandle,substantially cam-shaped slots in said blades and pins in thehandles engaging said slots whereby the blade may be movedlongitudinally and substantially trans versely to project its end beyondthe end of the handle and its edge beyond the side thereof.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

ANTHONY W. PERMENTO. Witnesses:

S. H. N OURSE, JEssIE C. BRODIE.

